Melvin Plug, who became famous as Perfection's unhappiest teen-ager, has grown up into a slick, manipulative real-estate developer in nearby Bixby, Nev. Now the president of Melco, Inc., his dream is to turn Perfection Valley into, as Burt Gummer puts it, "another godless stretch of mind-numbing suburban sprawl." And all of it, Rosalita Sanchez correctly points out, "is a sublimation of his need to get even for his painful childhood." Because the Valley's status as a federally protected area keeps him from the destiny he feels is his due, Melvin would love nothing more than to see El Blanco disappear. To this end he works, usually behind the scenes, to cleanse the future "Melville" of its problematic Graboid. But, as big a jerk as Melvin is, he would never knowingly threaten anyone's life. He will, however, never miss a chance to drive metaphorical wedges between Perfection's beleaguered townsfolk.